[Info-vax] CRTL and RMS vs SSIO

[Dave Froble]

On 10/15/2021 11:38 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 10/14/2021 10:10 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Friday, October 15, 2021 at 2:36:27 PM UTC+13, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> On 10/14/2021 9:11 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>> And VMS can do the same thing. All the compatibility stuff can live in userland.
>>>
>>> I am having a hard time seeing: VMS scheduling, VMS memory protection,
>>> VMS clustering, ...
>>
>> None of which are relevant, because Linux already offers better functionality in all those areas.
>
> All of which are relevant, because without them it would not be VMS.
>
>>> DECnet, LAT ...
>>
>> They can be implemented in userland. If Netatalk can implement AppleTalk entirely in userland, why not them?
>
> DECnet is a bit possessive with NIC's - first thing it does is to change
> the MAC address.
>
>>> ... device handling ...
>>
>> Unneeded, since Linux already has the needed device drivers.
>
> Not enough for existing code and scripts to work.
>
>>> ... ODS-2 & ODS-5 ...
>>
>> New filesystems don’t have to be implemented as kernel modules, they could be done via FUSE.
>
> Maybe.
>
>>> 4 mode logicals etc ...
>>
>> Name services can be provided via a daemon communicating via, e.g. D-Bus. PF_UNIX sockets allow you to control access based on the credentials of the process you are talking to.
>
> Maybe.
>
> Arne

Arne, didn't I warn you about arguing with the Linux fanboy?  He's going to
drag you down to his level, and then we won't be able to tell you two apart.

:-)

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